Manuel Aznar Acedo
Manuel Aznar y Acedo was a Spanish journalist and radio broadcaster.Life
He was the son of diplomatia and journalist Manuel Aznar Zubigaray. His maternal uncle was footballer Domingo Acedo. He was married to Elvira López y Valdivieso and had four children, including politician, the President of Spain José María Alfredo Aznar y López.
He was a member of the falangist movement and served during the Spanish Civil War as an officer in charge of propaganda for the Spanish Nationalist army. After the war, he worked for Cadena SER and Radio Nacional de España and was appointed co-director of the department of radio broadcasting for the Ministry of Information and Tourism. He also founded the newspapers Hoja Oficial de Alicante, Avance and Levante. In 1967, he became the first director of the Escuela Oficial de Radiodifusión y Televisión, the official school of radio and television broadcasting.
